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I don't really have personal grudges against smokers. It's their choice really. An individual should NEVER be judged based on whether they smoke or not. I have friends who smoke but are really great individuals. Furthermore, some smokers really want to kick off the habit but just can't find the will to do so.

However, the rubbish that come out from SOME smokers mouth can be plain irritating (I am putting a lot of effort in highlighting SOME...NOT all smokers are like this!). Just last week I had an encounter with a father who is highly concerned with the health of his son. His son was having on an off cough for the past few days. No fever, but he could hear his son wheeze. After assessing the child, I decided to give some nebulized salbutamol for the child.

I could smell the scent of cigarette from a mile away. His lips were already dark with nicotine stains.

Me: Ada orang merokok tak dekat rumah?

He nods his head with a guilty look.

Me: Elok sangat ke merokok tu? Tak takut?

*****kriiik, kriiik, kriiik*****

A moment of silence and he proceeds to bring his son to the procedure room. On a normal day, I wouldn't just blurt out something like this. But I had a headache that day and patient's cards were piling up. Furthermore, I have a soft spot for kids. It really gets on my nerves when kids suffer for their parents mistakes and kedegilan.

I initially wanted to write something heavy with sarcasm, bordering on comical. But after reading a comment in one of those 'sharing-is-caring-but-I-don't-know-if-it-is-fact-or-lies' pages changed my mood. The comment was something like this:

Oh God, why are doctors so ignorant and not let nature take its course. There are natural alternatives. These doctors think they know everything!

Its sad really; how people perceive this profession. Doctors are just agents of the West trying to destroy the community. On most days, I would just shrug it off and consider them as rubbish. But these past few weeks I have seen some pretty screwed up thoughts about 'Western medicine'. There are even some patients who come to the clinic, who just want MCs...NOT to be treated.

This screen grab of a Facebook post has been making its rounds on the social media lately. After asking around some of my colleagues from medical (internal medicine), there is a general consensus that:

There is NO correlation between cultured drinks (Vitagen, Solivite etc.) and leukemia (presumed to be kanser darah)

I also feel like kena suntik hidup hidup like this. In fact I think most of my colleagues, especially those in medical wards, would feel like their heart was stabbed multiple times with a Rambo knife. I really wonder why people continue to read this newspaper.

I saved you the trouble of going through much heartache (I don't even want to provide a link). Here are the contents:

1. A 14 years old TEENAGER was 'injected' (cucuk) alive! (hidup hidup) WITHOUT giving analgesic.

2. The TEENAGER was diagnosed in JULY 2014....NINE MONTHS ago! What is the relevance of it being published on 9 APRIL 2015